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Japan's largest glass maker, Asahi Glass Co Ltd, slashed its earnings forecast for 2001/02 on Monday to a loss of nine billion yen - its first-ever net loss for a business year.
Asahi Glass Co. will turn the parent company's ceramics business division into a 100% unit April 1. The move is aimed rationalizing and revitalizing the ceramics operations, which Asahi Glass regards as one of the group's key business…
A first quarter common stock dividend of USD 0.35 per share, payable March 14 to stockholders of record February 15. This dividend is the same as that paid in the fourth quarter of 2001.
The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore will be a focal cultural centre for the country. Michael Wilford and Partners of London and DP Architects of Singapore drew up the initial design proposals for the project including early versions of…
Asahi Glass Co Ltd purchased aggregate of 555,000 shares in Company on 08-Jan-2002 and 09-Jan-2002.The purchases increased Asahi Glass Co Ltd's shareholding in the Company from 188,773,000 shares to 189,328,000 shares.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. announced that it has succeeded in using a high-transparency fluoropolymer, a leading candidate for next-next generation photolithographic semiconductor manufacturing using F2 (fluoride dimer) excimer lasers, as a photoresist…
To help mark its 200th anniversary, DuPont has launched a new Internet site that contains a wealth of information on the company's history, scientific achievements and innovations.
Over the last three trading days, the Glaverbel share price has increased to over 145 euro per share, with abnormally high trading volumes.
DuPont Photomasks Inc., which makes plates used for printing circuit patterns on microchips, said it expects a break-even fiscal second quarter amid a resurgence in demand, surpassing forecasts of a net loss.
A soaring, 50 meter-high, barrel vault-shaped atrium roof of laminated glass with DuPont™ Butacite© PVB houses the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia's newest landmark (completion: December 2001), protecting what architect…
The Board of Directors of Glaverbel S.A. met on Tuesday 8 January 2002 to formulate the opinion that it must give to the Banking and Finance Commission, concerning the public tender offer announced on 19 December by Asahi Glass for the Glaverbel S.
DuPont has donated emission reduction credits for carbon dioxide to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in Utah for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
DuPont is the most respected energy/chemical company in the world, according to an annual lobal surveyg of business leaders conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Financial Times.
Glaverbel SA said the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission has extended until Jan 15 the deadline for the Glaverbel board to give its view on Asahi Glass Co Ltd's offer to buy out the shares it does not own in the company.
Asahi Glass Co Ltd president Shinya Ishizu said he expects a "huge" increase in profitability from the reorganisation of its worldwide glass operations including the planned buyout of its Glaverbel SA unit.
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. ("AGC"; headquartered in Tokyo; president: Mr. Shinya Ishizu) decided to make a public tender offer to purchase all the ordinary shares held by public shareholders in its consolidated subsidiary, Glaverbel S.A. (…
Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown downgraded shares of chemical firms DuPont Co., PPG Industries Inc., and Eastman Chemical Co.
The grand opening of a new high-volume plant that will produce polymer organic light-emitting diode (poly-OLED) glass panels utilizing proprietary technology from DuPont and wholly owned subsidiary, Uniax Corp., was recently celebrated in Taiwan.
DuPont Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gary Pfeiffer discussed the company's financial strength and its commitment to achieving sustainable growth in an address to financial analysts and investors Tuesday at Salomon Smith…
DuPont Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Goodmanson recently addressed financial analysts and investors attending the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference in Florida.
DuPont Safety Resources has signed a contract with the Korean company SK Engineering and Construction Co. to help improve the company's safety performance as it completes a reconversion project at the Madero Refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Employees at the DuPont site in Corpus Christi, Texas, recently conducted a safety seminar for local children that highlighted the steps to take in the event of a hazardous chemical release near their school or home.
Japanese company Asahi Glass Co Ltd has increased its stake in Indonesian sheet glass producer PT Asahimas Flat Glass to become the majority shareholder in the joint venture.
DuPont recently helped about 450 teenagers in Indonesia learn about the importance of safety at school and home. DuPont Safety Coordinator Erhan Erhansyah visited with the school children, ages 13 to 15, and shared tips on how to identify potential…